Fedora 19 : lightdm-1.6.2-1.fc19 (2013-16388)

low Nessus Plugin ID 69911

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

New stable bugfix, security release: include :

- Correctly set permissions on Xauthority file.

- Fix bug where seat failure before D-Bus acquired would not stop daemon

- Stop using g_file_set_contents - it can leave intermediate files around

See also:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2013-September/000439.ht ml http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2013-September/000447.ht ml

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Solution

Update the affected lightdm package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 69911

File Name: fedora_2013-16388.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 9/16/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:lightdm, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2013

Reference Information

BID: 62329

FEDORA: 2013-16388

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